Vivaldi Tips

Tip #644

4 февраля, 2025

This little tip is for those of you on Windows, who have enabled the Horizontal Main Menu.

To enable the Horizontal menu, go to the Vivaldi menu > View > Horizontal Main Menu or to Settings > Appearance > Menu > Menu Position.

Then whenever you want to close the window and you’re closer to the top left corner rather than the close button in the top right corner, just double-click the Vivaldi logo button to close it.

Tip #643

3 февраля, 2025

To manage your messages in Vivaldi Mail, you can create custom Labels and assign them to emails. To view labeled messages effortlessly, an organized list of labels in the Mail Panel certainly helps.

To change the order of labels in the Mail Panel:

1. Go to Settings > Mail > Mail Settings > Mail Label Order and Visibility.
2. Select the label that you want to move.
3. Click the arrow buttons below the list to move the label.
   Alternatively, drag and drop the labels to reorder them.

Tip #642

31 января, 2025

Reader View in Vivaldi on Android removes all distracting elements from the web page, allowing you to focus on reading the article in peace.

To start using Reader View, first enable it from Settings > Content Settings > Accessibility > Reader View for Web Pages.

To toggle Reader View on and off on pages with more text content:

1. Open the main Vivaldi menu.
2. Select «Reader View» / «Exit Reader View».

If it’s a feature you use often, customize the menu for easier access in Settings > Appearance & Theme > Main Menu Layout > Menu Settings > Customize layout and move Reader View to the top 5.

Tip #641

30 января, 2025

Vivaldi Translate on your iPhone and iPad helps to break down language barriers and open up the web like never before.

To translate the whole web page, either:

• Tap on the Translate button on the Address Bar (visible when the web page is in a different language from your preferences).
• Go to the Vivaldi menu > Translate.

To translate a snippet of text:

1. Highlight the text on the web page.
2. Select «Vivaldi Translate» from the context menu.

Tip #640

29 января, 2025

When you’re viewing your Vivaldi account’s email in Vivaldi Webmail instead of the browser’s mail client, Vivaldi Mail, there are things you can adjust to make your experience in Webmail match your preferences. For example, how fast the emails you open will be marked as read, if at all.

To adjust mark as read speed:

1. Go to Settings > Preferences > Mailbox View > Main Options.
2. For «Mark messages as read» make a choice between:
   • Never
   • Immediately
   • After 5 seconds
   • After 10 seconds
   • After 20 seconds
   • After 30 seconds
3. Click «Save».

Tip #639

28 января, 2025

If you know what the page is about and just need the link it’s not always necessary to open the page to copy the link from the Address Field. Even if the link is hidden in hyperlinked text.

To copy link addresses:

1. Right-click on the linked text or a button to open the context menu.
2. Select «Copy Link Address».

Tip #638

27 января, 2025

When you’re making a switch to Vivaldi, you can bring your browsing data with you. You can import Bookmarks, Passwords, History, Extensions and also all the tabs you have open in your old browser. Quite convenient when you have a lot of them.

To import open tabs:

1. Go to the Vivaldi menu > File > Import from Applications or Files.
2. Select which browser you want to import the open tabs from (currently only available for Chromium based browsers).
3. Click «Start Import».

You’ll find the imported tabs on the Tab Bar and in the Windows Panel.

Tip #637

24 января, 2025

When you want to revisit a page, but you already closed the tab, an easy way to reopen it is through the History Panel. It’s especially useful, when you’re not 100% sure what the web page’s link or title was. Just browse through the list of history entries on the day you last remember going to the site.

To open the History Panel:

Option 1

1. Open the Panels from the bottom left corner of the screen.
2. Swipe to the History Panel.

Option 2

1. Open the main menu.
2. Scroll down and tap on History.

Tip #636

23 января, 2025

The Weather widget allows you to keep an eye on your local weather and any other place you’re curious about. See what you can expect in the next 24 hours as well as in the upcoming week.

To add the Weather widget:

1. Open the Dashboard.
2. Click on «Add a Widget» at the bottom of the window.
3. Select the Weather widget.
4. Enter the location.
5. Select your preferred measurement units.
6. Click «Done».

Tip #635

22 января, 2025

When you watch videos in fullscreen mode frequently, you’ve probably seen the message «Press Escape key to exit fullscreen» countless of times. Did you know that you can hide it?

To disable the message:

1. Go to Settings > Webpages > Fullscreen Mode.
2. Disable «Show Fullscreen Reminder».

Tip #634

21 января, 2025

You can create a custom URL structure for your Vivaldi blog’s permalinks. Custom URL structures can improve the aesthetics, usability, and forward-compatibility of your links.

To update the permalink structure:

1. Go to your blog’s Dashboard on vivaldi.net (while on your blog’s page, click on the blog’s title on the black menu bar).
2. From the menu on the left side, go to Settings > Permalinks.
3. Check out the examples and elect the link structure you like.
4. Click «Save Changes».

Tip #633

20 января, 2025

Vivaldi on Android has an abundance settings, which allow you to customize the appearance and functionality of the browser to your liking. The downside is that it can make finding the correct setting a bit time consuming, but we have a solution for that too — Search.

To search for a setting:

1. Go to the Vivaldi menu > Settings.
2. Tap on the search icon in the top right corner.
3. Enter the search term.